Example sentences of "[adj] the [noun pl] [am/are] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly a visit to the plains of Africa gives one an immediate impression of how conspicuous the stripes are and how easy it is to spot a herd of zebra in almost any terrain . |
| 2 | Half of all the failures are because patients are dissatisfied with the functional results of this operation . |
| 3 | All the signs are that President Mitterrand 's approach is supported by Chancellor Kohl 's foreign minister , Mr Hans-Dietrich Genscher . |
| 4 | But all the signs are that if Britain still withholds its endorsement , the other 11 will conclude an agreement among themselves outside the formal EC framework . |
| 5 | All the signs are that somewhere there is a warehouse full of unwanted red-blue 3D specs , going cheap and looking for an alternative use . |
| 6 | Hundreds of pilots will retire over the next two years and all the signs are that the airlines are poised to grow strongly from now on . ’ |
| 7 | All the signs are that we are going to have to put up with far from satisfactory liquid crystal diode displays if we want portability , and recognising that the things are far from ideal , Japanese manufacturers are pulling out all the stops to improve the things . |
| 8 | A reply from the Ministry is expected within days , and all the signs are that it will be positive . |
| 9 | All the signs are that the board , under its chairman , Sir Clifford Chetwood , is fully committed to demonstrating its value to the industry and others . |
| 10 | Erm , I mean I really ca n't , I do n't expect them to surge ahead as they did last year but all the signs are that , that , they 're doing very well and er , it 's a very well managed business erm , great cost control er , I do n't know whether you noticed recently that Meryl des described the erm , the management of erm , of A W as the er , I think it was the creme de la creme of the |
| 11 | Everywhere candidates lost out to a low turnout … all the signs are that the voters have had enough for this year |
| 12 | Counterfeiting is a multi million pound industry and all the signs are that it 's growing at an alarming rate . |
| 13 | Complaints about noise have increased tenfold in the past fifteen years , and all the signs are that the problem is still getting worse . |
| 14 | All the signs are that it made virtually no impact at all . |
| 15 | All the signs are that it will be a holding speech , waiting until December for the first of the combined spending and taxing Budgets , with , maybe , some radical tax reforms thrown in . |
| 16 | But all the signs are that although bottles will continue to be the major end product for ‘ Melinar ’ and will continue to gain business , mainly at the expense of glass , other very important applications will also develop . |
| 17 | A government clearly that is split both politically and is totally incompetent the government 's majority is now down to eighteen and all the predictions are that within a few weeks it will be down to seventeen . |
| 18 | ‘ Michael Stich has definitely told us he will play and all the indications are that Boris will do so this time as well ’ said Mr Meyer-Wolden , who spent several hours on a flight back from Australia earlier in the year , putting Becker in the picture of a wide range of his views , ideas and objectives . |
| 19 | ALL THE indications are that the Monopolies & Mergers Commission report , published next week , will give the green light to Coats Viyella 's £395m bid for Tootal Group . |
| 20 | All the indications are that the outcome will not be the crushing reformist victory Mr Pozsgay has been predicting . |
| 21 | All the indications are that we are now forging ahead . |
| 22 | Moreover , trust in Hitler was not simply based upon an early end to the war , but on an early victorious conclusion , and all the indications are that before late 1942 and early 1943 — centring around Stalingrad , the North African reverses , and the mounting allied air supremacy — only a minority of Germans ( around a third of the population according to American surveys carried out in 1945 ) were prepared to concede that the war was lost . |
| 23 | All the indications are that the Hebridean flora and vegetation were more diverse than today , presumably as a result of the widespread more fertile , unleached mineral soils present immediately after deglaciation and the cessation of periglaciation . |
| 24 | All the indications are that the public likes the House being televised . |
| 25 | Diesel fuel now costs over four times the price of coal , for energy produced , and all the indications are that the gap will widen . |
| 26 | However , all the Indications are that the majority of casual workers in hotels and catering are " voluntary " casual workers . |
| 27 | All the indications are that WordPerfect 6 , the upgrade to version 5.1 , will follow a similar path . |
| 28 | All the indications are that all that counts with the Court is the Treaty of Rome and the specific amendments to it . |
| 29 | All the indications are that the Government did not support it and , as a consequence , it was not supported by the European Commission . |
| 30 | Today all the indications are that it 's far above that level . ’ |